Period 2: 600 BCE-600 CE By tarijelli 4000 BCE Around the time Hinduism Begins 1800 BCE Judaism Begins 800 BCE Around the Beginning of Greek culture Period: 550 BCE to 486 BCE Darius I Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE Achaemenid Dynasty 536 BCE Kingdom of Judah defeated; starts Jewish Diaspora 509 BCE Around the start of Roman Culture Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE Roman Republic 500 BCE The Jewish Bible is first written 500 BCE Siddhartha Gautama 500 BCE Confucian develops Confucianism 500 BCE Around when Daoism developed Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE Hellenistic Empires Period: 322 BCE to 186 BCE Mauryan Empire Period: 322 BCE to 186 BCE Mauryan Dynasty 214 BCE Qin Dynasty 206 BCE The Han dynasty adopted Confucianism Period: 206 BCE to 220 Han Dynasty 100 BCE Around the beginning of Roman culture Period: 27 BCE to 476 Roman Empire Period: 27 BCE to 180 Pax Romana (Around) 4 BCE Around the birth of Jesus of Nazareth Period: 64 to 313 Roman Persecution of Christians 100 Around when Confucian thought became popular 240 Asoka (around) 313 Constantine converted to Christianity Period: 320 to 550 Gupta Empire
